Tech Worlds
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chris98251":k1sawzch said:
Yeh... I think when we let him leave that the agreement was we kept the name, history, ect, in the event we got another team.
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Yeh... I think when we let him leave that the agreement was we kept the name, history, ect, in the event we got another team.
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BlueThunder
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I'm probably just dreamin', but when they bring back our name, I'm praying Chris Hansen cares enough to bring back SUPERsonics. I thought dropping the "super" was so lame. "Sonics" means pretty much nothing. "SuperSonics" means "faster than sound". BRING BACK THE SUPER CHRIS!! Then we'd get to hear the old team intro... the SUUUUUUUUper SONICS!!!! God I missed that! Someone needs to start a fan movement for that. It's important!
Blitzer88
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BlueThunder":36pbcz4w said:
Seattle SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU(takes breath)UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUper Sonics!
I miss this:
(this goes strait to the good part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... wjI0#t=35s
[youtube]QXf3lASwjI0[/youtube]
(this goes strait to the good part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... wjI0#t=35s
[youtube]QXf3lASwjI0[/youtube]
Throwdown
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BlueThunder":17xdmdup said:
They were always the supersonics but it was always easier to say sonics and "sonics" was always on the jerseys.
I hope we keep the logo we left off, that was my favorite sonics logo.
Throwdown
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I want these uniforms back but make em green
Blitzer88
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I would love to see these uni:
Throwdown
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Blitzer88":1hyblkoc said:I would love to see these unis:
YES!!!!!!!! Those, someone tell Mr. Hansen this.
Blitzer88
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Throwdown":1wd9bxxr said:Blitzer88":1wd9bxxr said:I would love to see these unis:
YES!!!!!!!! Those, someone tell Mr. Hansen this.
I'll give him a call right now.
SeaTown81
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Tech Worlds":qs9nifky said:
Nope. The deal was we get the name back if we got an expansion team within a certain time frame. Specifically stated expansion and not relocation. Expansion is never going to happen with the NBA right now. Contraction is more likely at this point. There was also this stupid thing in the deal the city made with Clay about shared history. Basically the city made a HORRIBLE deal, effectively selling away the team's name and history. Besides actually losing the team, it was the one part of the whole deal that I was most upset about at the time.
That doesn't mean we can't get it back. The way the clause of the MOU states it, Chris Hansen clearly is concerned with getting the name and history back. As well he should be. I've said it in the past that I have little to no interest in rooting for the Seattle Kings or Seattle Shockers. It's a big deal. Hansen is one of us. He knows that.
Getting the name back shouldn't be a problem. The NBA would be absolutely idiotic if they didn't force Clay Bennett to give it back. They have brand name and loyalty in this region. 40 years of it. Just look what has happened with Charlotte. They didn't have the Hornets for close to the history as we did with the Supes. But ask anyone over there. It's never been the same with the Bobcats. Not even close. And I don't see why Clay would even want it. The Thunder fans most certainly do not. They've built their own identity. Nor do they want to be reminded of us all the damn time.
The history on the other hand might end up being a trickier deal. The NBA has always has this bug up it's ass over wanting past team's history recognized in the city it's moved to. I'm pretty sure the Lakers have old Minneapolis Lakers banners hanging. At least we don't have that problem. But I could see a scenario where the league doesn't want whatever team moves here's history to be wiped away. Leaving us stuck with say the Kings history and record books, and our old one over in OKC. Have you noticed that during OKC's playoff games, the tv networks keep referencing SEATTLE SUPERSONICS playoff history as the last time they did whatever? Yeah, total and utter BULLSHIT. The NBA annoys the crap out of me with that. That said, there hasn't quite been a situation such as this before. One where a 40+ year team moved, the new city rebranded it entirely, and the old city got a team back and was able to use it's old name. So MAYBE, and hopefully, the league would be agreeable in allow us to uget our history and records back, and allow OKC's to start the year the began playing there under their new identity. And hopefully not just the silly "shared" history that was talked about when the team left.
SeaTown81
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And I'm with Smurf. The skyline logo is iconic.
minormillikin
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The Sonics skyline logo is the best, imo. And, in a strange ironic twist, if we get a hockey team and call them the Metropolitans, we can use this logo:
(change the skyline to Seattle, obviously... and make the baseball a puck... and probably other things... ok, it will be completely different... ignore this entire post)
:snack:
(change the skyline to Seattle, obviously... and make the baseball a puck... and probably other things... ok, it will be completely different... ignore this entire post)
:snack:
SeaTown81
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Yes, the skyline is awesome. But no, Metropolitans is a terrible name for a new hockey team. Not only does the term have an entirely different meaning 100 years later. I do NOT want to be called Metrosexuals by Vancouver Canucks fans. And don't get me started on the 1820 pre-NHL Stanley Cup. A new Sonics would have more right to claim the Seattle Storm WNBA titles than a new NHL team would that.
twisted_steel2
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Agree, no Metropolitans
Blitzer88
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that whoever comes to Seattle as an NHL will be able to come up with a better name than the Metropolitan's.
CANHawk
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SeaTown81":2jk3rdtp said:
When you guys get a team, I'm going to do it anyway... even though Vancouver probably has considerably more metrosexuals per capita than Seattle does.
chris98251
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Just thinking here and being a bit cantankerous, once we get our NBA team back as the SuperSonics, maybe having a NHL Team named the Seattle Thunder 
Blitzer88
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chris98251":35n4okhs said:Just thinking here and being a bit cantankerous, once we get our NBA team back as the SuperSonics, maybe having a NHL Team named the Seattle Thunder
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Tundra
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how about the Seattle Tsunami for the NHL team! I like the ring to it.Blitzer88":3g26297s said:chris98251":3g26297s said:Just thinking here and being a bit cantankerous, once we get our NBA team back as the SuperSonics, maybe having a NHL Team named the Seattle Thunder
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